A review of semiconductor materials as sensitizers for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-407

  Kouhnavard, M ^a   Ikeda, S ^a   Ludin, N A ^b   Ahmad Khairudin, N B ^a   Ghaffari, B V ^a   Mat Teridi, M A ^b   Ibrahim, M A ^b   Sepeai, S ^b   Sopian, K ^b  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Power conversion efficiency; QDs; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC); Sensitizer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS; SENSITIZER;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84901935282     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.023     Document Type: Review

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